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Split and Dubrovnik end year on record high

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Split and Dubrovnik airports handled a record number of passengers in 2017, securing their positions as the second and third busiest in the country behind Zagreb.

Split Airport registered 2.818.176 travellers in 2017, an increase of 23.1% on 2016. In December alone the airport welcomed 36.143 passengers through its doors, up 17.8%. It anticipates handling three million travellers this year, with the construction of its new terminal building progressing on schedule. General Manager, Lukša Novak, noted recently, "It took us ten years to grow from one million to two million passengers. Before the war, the airport was handling around a million travellers per year. However, it took us just three years to increase our figures from two million passengers to 2.8 million. In 2018 we will handle three million passengers". He added, "The increase is being fuelled by the growth in tourism, as well as Croatia's entry into the European Union. Security issues in other holiday hotspots have also aided the figures. Over the past five years we have been recording double digit growth". In 2018, Split Airport will become operational 24 hours per day, while SAS Scandinavian Airlines, airBaltic, Thomas Cook Airlines, Volotea, Smartwings and Jet2 have all announced new flights to Croatia's second largest city.

Month

PAX

Change (%)

JAN

30.423

▲ 17.2

FEB

23.932

▲ 0.4

MAR

33.828

3.7

APR

123.230

▲ 63.2

MAY

257.445

▲ 25.9

JUN

403.586

▲ 25.5

JUL

657.056

▲ 20.7

AUG

593.709

▲ 22.0

SEP

421.053

▲ 23.3

OCT

198.150

▲ 18.2

NOV

39.552

▲ 20.5

DEC

36.143

▲ 17.8

Dubrovnik Airport brought 2017 to a close by handling 26.674 passengers in December, representing an increase of 20.5% on the year before. During 2017, the airport welcomed 2.323.065 travellers through its doors, up 16.5%. Dubrovnik handled over two million passengers in a single year for the first time in 2017 and also opened its brand new terminal building. On March 15, it is scheduled to complete work on the overhaul of its runway and taxiways as part of a major 115 million euro expansion, which will take place throughout 2018. A number of airlines have already confirmed the launch of new services to the city for this year including Adria Airways, Flydubai, easyJet, Edelweiss Air, Transavia, TUIfly, Thomas Cook Airlines, Volotea and Smartwings. Furthermore, some carriers will boost frequencies and capacity on existing services. easyJet will increase operations by 30%, while Thomson Airways and Norwegian Air Shuttle will boost services by 20%.

I think the reason for this is to secure slots in time.In the next months I don't expect many further announcements.Airlines in the last weeks already began selling lot of new flights to ZAD, Brac and Mostar.Traffic will decentralize in Dalmatia more and more until SPU will get an improved runway/taxiway system and ramp.

SPU is so badly managed that everything there is an improvisation compared to careful planning at other airports, especially DBU. People just hate to fly from/to there, the whole place is crowded beyond description, TAXI drivers are rude and cheating, parking is so poorly organized and expensive and the surroundings are awful. The only good point is that SPU is well connected to neighbouring cities. That airport should reconsider their strategy and limit the number of pax to something more manageable and work on the quality of customer experience.

The number of pax is important but not the most important thing. Travel experience is what counts and what can make a person want to return or not. And DBV is an airport people definitely want to return to. Furthermore, DBV will benefit from people who travel to Montenegro as well and it is one of few destinations in Croatia which can sustain tourism even in winter months, something Split can't. So don't be surprised if that difference gets slashed very soon and DBV takes that 2nd place in Croatia.

SPU has higher numbers in winter than DBV - as it has higher numbers in summer. SPU is just much better and much more centrally located in Dalmatia.

I agree to the opinion of a poster few months ago that another airport a bit South of Makarska would be needed for the summer seasons. It could easily handle 1.5-2 millions just in 6 months. However, I wouldn't know where to find a suitable spot of terrain there, plus bura is even stronger there than in Dubrovnik.

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